Murray makes last eight in Mexico

Andy Murray reached the quarter-finals of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco on Wednesday night with a 6-3 6-4 victory over Joao Sousa.

PUBLISHED: 07:55, Thu, Feb 27, 2014

Andy Murray [PA]

The Wimbledon champion struggled with his first serve throughout, but won 72 per cent of points on his second serve to keep himself in the box seat.

He converted only three of the nine break-point opportunities he mustered, but that proved enough to see off the Portuguese number one in straight sets and secured the Scot a last-eight encounter with Frenchman Gilles Simon.

Elsewhere, it was a good day for seeds as David Ferrer - the top-ranked player in the tournament - progressed, along with Grigor Dimitrov (four), Kevin Anderson (five), Simon (six) and Ernests Gulbis (seven).